Saturday, September 15, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
At the Live Arts/Philly Fringe festival, Headlong Dance Theater's THIS TOWN IS A MYSTERY builds instant communitites, for a night at a time. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:58PMThursday, September 13, 2012
A new musical from the novel "Love Story"? Yes, it's mush, but really good mush. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from the Walnut Street Theatre's main stage.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:58AMMonday, September 10, 2012
At the Fringe's "Some Other Mettle" by Applied Mechanics: ... uh... Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:56PMAt the Fringe's "Some Other Mettle" by Applied Mechanics: ... uh... Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:37PMFantasic physical performances are the major attraction of New Paradise Laboratories' "27" at the Live Arts/Philly Fringe. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:15PMThere are all sorts of reasons for being late at a Fringe show, but they rarely get you locked out. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reports.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:19AMSaturday, September 8, 2012
In the Fringe, a haunting enactment of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe. Inquire3r theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:31PMFriday, September 7, 2012
Some hardliners schedule theirLive Arts/Philly Fringe shows one after the other; others pick and choose to see one of the almost 200 productions every few days or so. Critics tend to be the …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:58PMThursday, August 16, 2012
This could be the end for the awards, which honor the region's theater artists. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reports.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:51AMMonday, August 13, 2012
Neil Simon's dated comedy, at the Bucks County Playhouse where it began, comes off without charm or much pizazz. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from New Hope, Pa.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:37PMMauckingbird Theatre Company's gay version of Shakespeare's play underscores love as a dynamic that has no gender. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:02PMThursday, July 26, 2012
'Lord, what fools these mortals be!" Shakespeare writes in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and given how he operated in the theater of his day, he could have been referring to the way plays are d…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:58PMMonday, July 23, 2012
Seeing this blistering production of the American classic by Tennessee Williams at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, near Quakertown, is like seeing it for the first time. Inquirer thea…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 04:05PMPlaywright Bruce Graham's newest, in a world premiere at People's Light & Theatre, is a terrific piece taken from a footnote in history, with a cast to match. Inquirer theater critic Howard …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:57PMThursday, July 19, 2012
A nice turn by the Delaware Shakespeare Festival, in Rockwood Mansion Park. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from Wilmington.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:49AMMonday, July 16, 2012
A rich interpretation of Shakespeare's comedy, at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from Center Valley, Pa.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:19PMFriday, July 13, 2012
Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company offers a sturdy version of Thornton Wilder's masterpiece outdoors, in parks and public spaces across the region. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro r…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:21PMSaturday, July 7, 2012
Rodgers and Hammerstein are doing great, once again, at the newly-reopened Bucks County Playhouse. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from New Hope.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:43AMMonday, June 18, 2012
A mixed bag of little audition monologues opened in a series of Monday night shows, all different, at Plays & Players Theatre. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:40PMErratic sound dents an otherwise good production at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from Center Valley, Pa.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:24PMThursday, June 14, 2012
Christopher Gattelli, A Bristol boy who began dancing lesson when he was eight, took home a Tony on Sunday night for his choreography of "Newsies."
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:41PMMonday, June 11, 2012
The '60s comedy about a Manhattan business tycoon who keeps his mistress on the Upper East Side and his wife out of sight -- until she isn't -- is just not that funny, despite an excellent p…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:37PMFriday, June 8, 2012
The new musical revue from Laugh Out Loud Theatre Company is a pleasant pastiche of tunes from the '20s, '30s and '40s. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from the Red Room at So…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:56PMTuesday, June 5, 2012
Four women knock themselves out as a gal group in 11th Hour Theatre Company's "The Marvelous Wonderettes," with a storyline that's lame in the first act, socko in the second. Theater critic …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:49PMMonday, June 4, 2012
The new play "Automatic Fault Isolation" loses its way when it begins, then somehow finds it way late. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews the Hella Fresh Theater production in Ke…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:33AMFriday, June 1, 2012
Ego Po Classic Theater offers a solid version of Tony Kushner's stage adaptation of an iconic Jewish folkloric tale. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:23AMThursday, May 31, 2012
Epithets fly swiftly in Philadelphia Theatre Company's dynamic production of Neil LaBute's "reasons to be pretty." Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:41AMSunday, May 27, 2012
On the fifth floor of Walnut Street Theatre, Kash Goins and Roderick Slocum offer a convincing version of Suzan Lori-Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapir…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:17AMThursday, May 24, 2012
The story of the man who died at age 22 but had already made an indelible mark on rock and roll is great fun -- and remarkable showmanship -- at the Walnut Street Theatre. Inquirer theater …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:19PMMonday, May 14, 2012
John Guare's mix of realism and fanstasy in "Are You There, McPhee?" a world premiere at McCarter Theatre, becomes a tiresome saga. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews from Prince…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:13PM 
